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As actress Rhea Chakraborty arrived at the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office in Mumbai hearing on Tuesday, what grabbed a lot of attention was her T-shirt.
Chakraborty, who was arrested in connection with drugs-related allegations in the Sushant Singh Rajput case, was seen in a black tee with the quote: “Roses are red, violets are blue, let’s smash the patriarchy, me and you.”
According to the dictionary, patriarchy is “a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line”.
Soon after, searches for the meaning of patriarchy instantly spiked on Google and sparked a debate on Twitter. Notably, the debate about patriarchy came into limelight, after a video of the actor being hounded by journalists went viral. Many pointed out how the media differently treats women as opposed to men and questioned the unfair treatment meted out to Rhea, on account of her being a woman.
However, many slammed the actress questioning how patriarchy has anything to do with the arrest and criticised her for bringing the issue of gender in the ongoing trial to gain sympathy.
Never knew that new definition of smashing #Patriarchy means taking the side of injustice just because she's a women! #Patriarchy has no relevance in SSR's case. Justice has nothing to do with patriarchy or matriarchy.. it's to do with right and wrong, irrespective of gender!
— NationSpirit (@ANationSupportr) September 9, 2020
Stop blaming #Patriarchy when the problem is you.#JusticeForSushantSinghRajput pic.twitter.com/tr5r6uQHQn
— Adlin Kujur (@adlinkujur1) September 9, 2020
Bolly celebs are joining hands to smash the #Patriarchy & claiming #JusticeForRhea
They were the same people who were silent when #KanganaRanaut was called 'haramkhor' by Rajyasabha MP!
Wah Bollywood Wah!
"80% Bolly celebs consume drugs"~lagta hai agli baari ka darr hai sabko! pic.twitter.com/Lzm8nM04oK— 𝚂𝚁𝙸𝙹𝙰𝚂𝚁𝙴𝙴 (@DuniyaSidNaazKi) September 9, 2020
Picture: A woman kicking a man's groin and calling it smashing patriarchy.
Never Ever Forget, Feminism is a Man Hating Mission. Nothing else.#Patriarchy #feminist pic.twitter.com/65F2sesyiu— Madhav Anand (@tweettosay) September 9, 2020
BMC thrashing #KanganaRanaut office doesn't count as a patriarchy?
You can't even say a city unsafe?!
Why was amir khan office not demolished when he said the ENTIRE nation is unsafe!#Patriarchy at it's peak for sure!— Sauhardh Sethi (@SauhardhSethi) September 9, 2020
This whole circus around #Rhea .. what is this compulsive need to instantly pronounce someone either villain or martyr?? Why jump to paint her the evil gold digger woman? Or the poor hapless victim of #Patriarchy? Both equally nauseating extremes! Some balance plz ffs!!
— MissBliss (@BlissingIt) September 9, 2020
There were also who supported Rhea and blamed India’s patriarchal notions for unfairly targeting a woman while calling her names like ‘Dayan’ and ‘gold digger’:
https://twitter.com/americandesi8/status/1303416144666255366
#Patriarchy All those who are blaming Rhea without any strong evidence are doing so based on their prejudices. Such people, whenever they come across a strong woman, get hell-bent on destroying her.
— Apurva Singhai (@SinghaiApurva) September 9, 2020
#Patriarchy is the reason we have :
Highest covid cases in states run by "alpha males" –
Usa , india, brazil & russia.While lowest cases and successful tackling of covid in ALL women run states : New Zealand, Vietnam , Germany pic.twitter.com/d3dUvEmTef
— Dhananjay Singh (@UrsIncredibly) September 9, 2020
Well, #Patriarchy gave us masculine toxicity, ignorance to male’s emotions, harassment of women and pseudo superiority. Think about it, stupid ass! https://t.co/3dSrkV2FyZ
— Shut up man (@whypranav) September 9, 2020
If you want to fight against #patriarchy, gladly do so & I will 100% join you. But understand what patriarchy is first. Patriarchy is the fact that #SoorajPancholi is still out in the open while #RheaChakraborty is in jail. Start there if you want to address unfair targeting.
— kanmani (@TeaWithKanmani) September 8, 2020
I #ThankyouRhea, to bear the burden and unfortunately becoming the only news in middle of Corona crisis, -23.9% drop in GDP, 4 crore layoffs, record unemployment in 46 years, border infiltration, GST dues,
paid-godi media & enslaved institutions. #Patriarchy pic.twitter.com/3fLgbUnvny— Javascript (@javascriptex) September 8, 2020
Notably, the 28-year-old actress was named as one of the prime accused in the CBI investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death on June 14. During the questioning, she admitted to organizing drugs for Sushant Singh Rajput and even consuming them by herself at times.
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